cothought:begin-project

To create a GitHub repository from a markdown project note, this Skill automates initializing the repo, copying the note as documentation, linking related zettelkasten notes, and pushing an initial commit to GitHub.

Starting a new git repository while preserving zettelkasten notes is handled by copying your project idea note into the repo as docs/RESEARCH.md and updating the note network to reflect the new repository backlinks.

You can configure custom directory paths for automating GitHub repo creation by setting config-driven paths for notes_dir, dev_dir, and dev_categories to control where notes are stored and where the repository is initialized.

Before spinning up a new project repo, you need an existing project idea note in your notes directory and Git with GitHub tooling configured to allow the Skill to create and push the initial repository structure.

This project initialization tool does not create the initial project idea note; it is designed as the execution phase that spins up the repository from an existing note, so you must create the project note first.

The best way to seed a new GitHub repo with documentation and an initial commit is to automate the creation of a minimal README, copy your project note as research docs, and push the initial commit structure to the remote repository.